Integrative-Medicine
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Complementary/Integrative Medicine Education Resources
Complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) and complementary and integrative Medicine (CIM) are therapies of proven or unproven efficacy that have been used to promote wellness, to manage symptoms associated with cancer and its treatment or to treat cancer. When properly combined with standard cancer treatments, some complementary therapies can enhance wellness and quality of life, […]
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Integrative Medicine: Can We Truly Integrate Care?
Is it possible to develop a model of health that incorporates Complementary Alternative Medicine (CAM) therapies with conventional treatment? Join Beverly Burns, an Integrative Medicine Specialist at UCSF’s Osher Center for Integrative Medicine, for a frank and stimulating discussion of integrative medicine. Series: “Women’s Health Today” [6/2006] [Health and Medicine] [Professional Medical Education] [Show ID: […]
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Complementary Medicine: Traditional Chinese
Nearly half the US populations turns to complementary, alternative and integrative practices to maintain or improve their health. Beverly Burns of UCSF’s Osher Center for Integrative Medicine explores traditional Chinese medicine including acupuncture, meridians and chi. Series: “UCSF Mini Medical School for the Public”
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Telemedicine a Cost-Effective Alternative to ER Visits
(HealthDay News) — Telemedicine is a cost-effective way to replace more than a quarter of all visits to the pediatric emergency department, according to a community-wide study conducted in New York.
Ailments, such as ear infections or sore throats, that virtually always prove manageable by telemedicine made up almost 28 percent of all pediatric ER visits […]
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Doctor-Patient Talks Affect Use of Breast Reconstruction Surgery
(HealthDay News) — A lack of patient-doctor discussion may contribute to socioeconomic, age and race-related disparities in the use of breast reconstruction after mastectomy, says a study by researchers at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston.
The study also found that breast reconstruction was more likely to occur after a surgeon […]
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Calcium Scans Help Predict Coronary Risk
(HealthDay News) — Scanning the heart arteries for calcium deposits can help predict future cardiac problems, a new study shows, but experts aren’t sure that adding such scans to routine checkups would be worth the cost.
“It has been shown to be predictive” of potential heart trouble, said Dr. Diane Bild, deputy director of the division […]
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Music as Medicine
(HealthDay News) — Almost everyone has used music at one time or another to relax or perhaps to get energized. But the discipline of music therapy takes the use of music much further, from battling depression to combating cancer.
“Music therapy is an evidence-based practice that can affect changes in physical, psychological, social and cognitive domains […]
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Pain Relief for Osteoporosis Patients With Fractures
(HealthDay News) — In osteoporosis patients with spinal fractures, vertebroplasty provides significant pain relief and helps decrease disability, according to a new study.
Vertebroplasty involves injection of medical-grade bone cement into a fractured vertebra to shore up the fracture and provide pain relief. It’s used to treat painful vertebral compression fractures that don’t respond to conventional […]
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Anxiety Helps Elderly Women Live Longer
(HealthDay News) — Higher anxiety levels may help elderly women live longer, but may harm older men, U.S. research shows.
A team at the Cleveland Clinic and Case Western Reserve University followed 1,000 seniors in three Florida retirement communities for up to 15 years.
They found that women with higher levels of anxiety at the start of […]
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Health Tip: When Caregiving Becomes Too Stressful
(HealthDay News) - Caring for a loved one who needs extensive help can be physically and emotionally draining. To continue providing loving care, it’s important to monitor your own well-being, too.
Here are some warning signs of caregiver stress, courtesy of the American Academy of Family Physicians:
Feeling unusually angry or resentful toward the person you care […]
